"I prefer a God who once and for……" — William Temple
"I prefer a God who once and for all impressed his will upon creation, to one who continually busied about modifying what he had already done."
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27 Quotes by William Temple
William Temple has 27 quotes on this site.
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The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for…
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The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.
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People that trust wholly to other's charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor.
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Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both.
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We shall say without hesitation that the atheist who is moved by love is moved by the Spirit of God;…
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Some of the Fathers went so far as to esteem the love of music a sign of predestination, as a…
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The greatest pleasure in life is love.
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Science has its being in a perpetual mental restlessness.
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The greatest medicine is a true friend.
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There is no structural organization of society which can bring about the coming of the Kingdom of God on earth…
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The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what…
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A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes…
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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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